Adjustable price mark



J1me 1946a A. SQOMMERVILLE ADJUSTABLE PRICE MARK Filed July 14, 1944 Patented June 11, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADJUSTABLE PRICE MARK Andrew Sommerville, Pasadena, Calif.

Application July 14, 1944, Serial No. 544,862

2 Claims. 1

"This invention relates to an adjustable price mark and may be regarded as an improvement over my prior U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,413,500

issued April 18, 1922'.

Anobject of the present invention is to provide an'im'proved adjustable price mark wherein there is a front panel, a rear panel, and a supporting pedestal therefor, the rear panel having a plurality of leaves 'on which may appear characters or indi'cia indicative of the nature of the goods and the price thereof, and to provide means for releasably locking the front and rear panels together so that the uppermost leaves will be exposed through apertures or windows in the front panel. In this manner, by opening the panels and turning various leaves, adjustment of the device is permissible so that the nature or quality of the goods may be varied from time to time and the price thereof may likewise be varied from time to time.

More specifically, an object of the invention is to provide an adjustable price mark having the above mentioned characteristics wherein the rear panel and support are made integral with each other, facilitatin manufacture and assembly of the device.

Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable price mark wherein the support is hingedly connected to the back panel so as to be capable of assuming an inclined position to support the panels upright on a supporting surface, or the support may be caused to assume a substantially horizontal position so that it may be positioned on a floor stack display to support the panels against the side of the stack.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be made manifest in the following detailed description and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference is had to the accompanying drawing for an illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved adjustable price mark embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial View in perspective illustrating the front panelas having been detached from the rear panel and swung forwardly therefrom to expose the leaves for turning which are mounted on the back panel.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken substantially upon the line 33 upon Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken substantially upon the line 4-4 upon Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the line 5-5 upon Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the line -66 upon Fig. 1.

Referring to theaccompanying drawing wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, the improved adjustable price "mark comprises a front panel It which may be formed of cardboard, paperboard or the like and which has printed, mimeographed or otherwise displayed thereon, any ornamentation or advertising material that is to be permanently associated With the device. In this front panel there are formed one or more apertures or windows such as thoseindicated at H and I2. A back panel is provided indicated at I3 which underlies these windows and which carries a plurality of leaves or sets of leaves indicated at M. Some of these leaves may bear numbers and signs indicative of the price, either in money or ration points. Others of these leaves may bear characteristics or indicia indicative of the volume, Weight or quality. Leaves that bear numbers and signs indicative of the price are arranged in superposed relationship so that any leaf may be turned up or turned over to expose a subjacent leaf or set of leaves bearing the numbers or signs of a different price. Similarly those leaves which bear indicia indicative of the volume, weight or quality may be arranged in superposed relationship and may be turned to expose any one of the leaves through the corresponding window II to indicate any one of a number of different volumes, weights or qualities. The back panel preferably has integral therewith, a support [5 which is defined from an intermediate portion IS such as by score lines or fold lines IT. The back panel is also hingedly connected to this portion by such score lines or fold lines indicated at 18. Portion Iii is glued, stapled or otherwise secured to the back of the front panel Ill. Near the bottom of the back panel there is a split l9 adapted to receive a tongue so on the front panel to releasably lock the two panels together, wherein the windows or apertures are in registration with the leaves exposed thereby. In locking the two panels in contiguous relationship, th'ose leaves which have been pulled back are concealed by the front panel and are held in position thereby.

In some instances, as illustrated in Fig. 5, the leaves may be arranged in opposed groups so that any upper leaf may be simultaneously exposed through the same Window or opening with any leaf of the lower groove.

If the nature of the goods price-marked fluctuates from day to day, that is the quantity or quality, leaves indicative of the quantity or 3 quality may be shifted in accordance with the fluctuations. Likewise if the price fluctuates from day to day, the leaves of the price group may be shifted or adjusted or turned back to expose the proper price through the window indicated at 12. When the adjustment has been made the front panel and back panel can be locked together by inserting the tongue 20 in the slit I9. Thereafter the support l5 may be swung to assume the inclined position as illustrated in Fig. 3,

supporting the device on any suitable supporting surface. If desired, the support 15 may be caused to assume a horizontal position and be positioned, for example between the top and bottom of a stack of cans or other article so as to suspend or support the panels [0 and 13 upon the stack against the side of the stack. The front panel may be' equipped. with a hole 2| by which the entire device can be suspended from a nail or the like.

From the above described construction it will be appreciated that an approved adjustable price mark is provided which enables the front panel to have expensive lithographic Work produced thereon economically, in that if the quantity, weight, or price of the commodity being advertised or price-marked varies, this may be designed by merely adjusting the leaves that are .to the back of the front panel, said support being integral with the back panel, and an intervening portion between the support and the back panel defined from the back panel and support by fold lines and being secured to the back of the front a panel.

mounted on the back panel. Variation in these 2. An adjustable price mark comprising a front panel having window. openings therein, a back panel hingedly connected to the front panel, a support hingedly connected tothe front panel adjacent the top of the back panel, and means for detachably fastening the bottom ofthe'front panel to the bottom of the back panel, said back panel having groups of'leaves mounted thereon any one of which may be exposed through the 7 window openings in the front panel.

ANDREW SOMMERVILLE. 

